Winter's Bone (2010) It's sort of The Beverly Hillbillies Break Bad. Mountain folk, their standoffishness distrust of strangers and problems with the law. It captures the hillfolk and their world pretty well. 7/10

The Nice Guys (2016) Comedy 1970s Los Angeles, a mismatched pair one private eye one strong arm thug investigate a missing girl and the mysterious death of a porn star. 6/10

"When you feel that rope tighten on your neck you can feel the devil bite your ass"!

Winter's Bone (2010) It's sort of The Beverly Hillbillies Break Bad. Mountain folk, their standoffishness distrust of strangers and problems with the law. It captures the hillfolk and their world pretty well. 7/10

I liked this one very very much. i think I gave it an 8.5/10

There are three types of people in the world, my friend: those who can add, and those who can't.

Winter's Bone (2010) It's sort of The Beverly Hillbillies Break Bad. Mountain folk, their standoffishness distrust of strangers and problems with the law. It captures the hillfolk and their world pretty well. 7/10

The Nice Guys (2016) Comedy 1970s Los Angeles, a mismatched pair one private eye one strong arm thug investigate a missing girl and the mysterious death of a porn star. 6/10

Winter's Bone almost captures the hillfolk and their world pretty well, I say almost because I've had contact with these suckers on a regular basis, in the real hill country there's a lot of missing and rotting teeth in even the twenty year olds.

"When you feel that rope tighten on your neck you can feel the devil bite your ass"!

- It is nothing like the trailer- As the revenue agrees with, this is stylistically Scorsese's least commercial, least accessible movie. By a long shot.- It's an interesting turn in direction for Marty. There are glimpses of framing, cutting, and camerawork that agree with the rest of his filmography. But it feels much more mature and reliant on atmosphere than any other of his movies. I didn't notice any music, there is only a handful of full-on conversations, there were barely many sound effects at all. Purely visual, one of the quietest movies I can think of ever seeing.- As for the visuals, it's often gorgeous. Probably his best-looking movie cinematically, and maybe the first time one of his pre-1950's movies actually looks authentic (despite n_l's original thoughts on the trailer)- Garfield is not nearly as bad as his googly-eyed bobble-heading in the trailer suggests (and his first scene in the film) . He's not perfect, but convincing enough. Driver and Neeson are barely in it, but both pull their weight. The asians are good.- It's not the "terrible, terrible" film that Drink says, but he never liked Marty much anyways. However .....

As far as the 6/10 goes? This. movie. is. soooooo. fucking. boring (DJ, you'll love it). It's far too long. And as drink did state correctly, very repetitive. The pace is interesting at first but then becomes maddening. By the final act it gets painful. On top of that, it's a film that's purely and heavily about religion. That's fine for who it works for, but as a pretty dead-set Atheist... it's hard to connect or give a shit.

For a majority of the movie I liked it a hell of a lot more than Last Temptation and Kundun. But by the time it was over, I may have second thoughts on that.... Silence is worth seeing once, especially for anyone who is a fan of Scorsese. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if a small group of people would consider it his greatest work - it really is unlike anything he's ever done. But I don't need to see it a second time.

it's the definition of a passion project. It seems Scorsese took no consideration toward wide appeal. It's admirable, but not rewarding for a majority of the audience

- It is nothing like the trailer- As the revenue agrees with, this is stylistically Scorsese's least commercial, least accessible movie. By a long shot.- It's an interesting turn in direction for Marty. There are glimpses of framing, cutting, and camerawork that agree with the rest of his filmography. But it feels much more mature and reliant on atmosphere than any other of his movies. I didn't notice any music, there is only a handful of full-on conversations, there were barely many sound effects at all. Purely visual, one of the quietest movies I can think of ever seeing.- As for the visuals, it's often gorgeous. Probably his best-looking movie cinematically, and maybe the first time one of his pre-1950's movies actually looks authentic (despite n_l's original thoughts on the trailer)- Garfield is not nearly as bad as his googly-eyed bobble-heading in the trailer suggests (and his first scene in the film) . He's not perfect, but convincing enough. Driver and Neeson are barely in it, but both pull their weight. The asians are good.- It's not the "terrible, terrible" film that Drink says, but he never liked Marty much anyways. However .....

As far as the 6/10 goes? This. movie. is. soooooo. fucking. boring (DJ, you'll love it). It's far too long. And as drink did state correctly, very repetitive. The pace is interesting at first but then becomes maddening. By the final act it gets painful. On top of that, it's a film that's purely and heavily about religion. That's fine for who it works for, but as a pretty dead-set Atheist... it's hard to connect or give a shit.

For a majority of the movie I liked it a hell of a lot more than Last Temptation and Kundun. But by the time it was over, I may have second thoughts on that.... Silence is worth seeing once, especially for anyone who is a fan of Scorsese. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if a small group of people would consider it his greatest work - it really is unlike anything he's ever done. But I don't need to see it a second time.

it's the definition of a passion project. It seems Scorsese took no consideration toward wide appeal. It's admirable, but not rewarding for a majority of the audience

If it was half as long, it wouldn't be "terrible, terrible." But being 2:41, it's pretty unbearable. A boring 161-minute film angers me more than a boring 61-minute film.

The atheism thing shouldn't bother you: You can think about it not as about religion, but about people having the right to practice their beliefs without government interference - it's a libertarian argument But as I mentioned, quite hypocritical and unsympathetic in this case because the Portuguese Catholic Inquisition was at that very same time doing the same torturing and forced apostasy on non-Catholics. IMO, if Marty wants to do a movie on devoted and decent Catholics, there are a lot better time periods to choose than the Portuguese Inquisition.

Your comments on the movie, I don't disagree with much. It's not the worst movie ever made. But a boring-as-hell 161-minute movie is pretty unbearable. Of all Scorsese movies that I have already seen (and I have not seen Kundun or Last Temptation), thi was most unbearable.

And it's not true at all that I am not a Marty fan. That's bullshit. I am not a FANBOY, which is different. I didn't connect personally as much as others did with TAXI DRIVER- though it is very memorable - but I loved or liked very much RAGING BULL, GOODFELLAS, THE AVIATOR, MEAN STREETS, ALICE DOESN't LIVE HERE ANYMORE, THE COLOR OF MONEY, MEAN STREETS, and THE DEPARTED. (I even loved WHO's THAT KNOCKING AT MY DOOR until I saw MEAN STREETS, which is a far better version ofbthe same material.) I did not like NEW YORK, NEW YORK; THE KING OF COMEDY; or BRINGING OUT THE DEAD. And I hated SILENCE.If this means I am not a Marty fan, so be it

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